Daily Briefing Feb. 27: Day 510 - 4 more hostage bodies arrive home, after Bibas burial
Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz discusses national response to the return of hostage bodies, expectations for phase 2 of the hostage deal and what's next for Hamas
Daily Briefing Feb. 27: Day 510 - 4 more hostage bodies arrive home, after Bibas burial
Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz discusses national response to the return of hostage bodies, expectations for phase 2 of the hostage deal and what's next for Hamas
Telegram has become more interventionist over time, and has steadily increased its efforts to shut down these accounts. But this has also meant that the company has also engaged with lawmakers more generally, although it maintains that it doesn’t do so willingly. For instance, in September 2021, Telegram reportedly blocked a chat bot in support of (Putin critic) Alexei Navalny during Russia’s most recent parliamentary elections. Pavel Durov was quoted at the time saying that the company was obliged to follow a “legitimate” law of the land. He added that as Apple and Google both follow the law, to violate it would give both platforms a reason to boot the messenger from its stores. He said that since his platform does not have the capacity to check all channels, it may restrict some in Russia and Ukraine "for the duration of the conflict," but then reversed course hours later after many users complained that Telegram was an important source of information. But because group chats and the channel features are not end-to-end encrypted, Galperin said user privacy is potentially under threat. This provided opportunity to their linked entities to offload their shares at higher prices and make significant profits at the cost of unsuspecting retail investors. He floated the idea of restricting the use of Telegram in Ukraine and Russia, a suggestion that was met with fierce opposition from users. Shortly after, Durov backed off the idea.
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